NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 has higher Shading cores (8,704 vs 4,352)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has higher Tensor / AI cores (544 vs 272)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has lower TDP (250 W vs 320 W)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 has higher Memory bandwidth (760 GB/s vs 616 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has lower Recommended PSU (650 W vs 750 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Performance
VRAM11 GB▲10 GB
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory bus width352 bit▲320 bit
Memory bandwidth616 GB/s760 GB/s▲
Shading cores4,3528,704▲
RT cores6868
Tensor / AI cores544▲272
Base clock1350 MHz1440 MHz▲
Boost clock1545 MHz1710 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 2
Power & Size
TDP250 W▲320 W
Recommended PSU650 W▲750 W
Power connector2× 8-pin2× 8-pin
Bus interfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Card length267 mm▲285 mm
Slot width2.5 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4, 1× HDMI 2.03× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.1